Linda Kelly's blog

Behind a brick wall on a Hudson River Road in Nyack, New York, there is a stately brick mansion that houses the national headquarters of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR).

Irom Chanu Sharmila stopped eating and drinking more than 11 years ago.

Three nights ago, my teenaged daughter looked up from her IPad to ask, “Hey, Mom, have you heard about Kony 2012?”

I thought she was about to pitch for the latest tech device or the hottest new sneaker, and so I guardedly responded, “No. What’s a Coney?”

“Kony. You know Kony. Ricky talked about Kony,” she said between sucking her teeth.

Equidistant between Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, there is a village of Jews and Palestinian Arabs living together in a community based on mutual acceptance, respect and cooperation. Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam  (NS-WAS), which means “Oasis of Peace” in Hebrew and Arabic, is democratically governed and owned by its members, and is not affiliated with any political party or movement.

On Tuesday, January 10th, 22 Catholic nuns and a Jesuit priest were arrested while praying for peace at the gate of the naval base construction site in the village of Gangjeong on Jeju Island. A professor, teen-aged peace school students, and peace activists were arrested as well for holding picket signs while the sisters were praying the rosary.

Twenty-one years ago, John and Carrie Schuchardt opened The House of Peace at 1 High Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts as a place of refuge and hospitality. Originally built by Reverend Nathaniel Rogers in the early 1600s as a haven for those suffering persecution, the Schuchardts continue to honor the s

Acclaimed film director Jonathan Demme has generously shared a short film of Occupy Wall Street with the Fellowship of Reconciliation.

In an in depth interview with FOR, Ricky Richard Anywar shared his experience, strength and hope as a former child soldier who turned incomprehensible pain and hardships into healing for an entire community. The following is the introduction to the interview that will be a feature in the next issue of Fellowship magazine:

Here are some photos from Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan where people from all over America are staging a peaceful demonstration in favor of human rights for the 99%.

Father, Mother, God,

Thank you for your presence
during the hard and mean days.
For then we have you to lean upon.

Thank you for your presence
during the bright and sunny days,
for then we can share that which we have
with those who have less.